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b/c

b/c is the abbreviation of backward compatibility.

b/c is the abbreviation of because.

Meaning of backward compatibility

Noun

backward compatibility (usually uncountable, plural backward compatibilities)

  1. (usually) The capability of an electronic device, a piece of software, etc., to interoperate with older systems; (countable) an instance of this.

Meaning of because

Conjunction

because

  1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
    • I hid myself because I was afraid.
    Synonyms:
    therefore
  2. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
    • It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
  3. (obsolete) So that, in order that.
    • Simon[…]set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

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Questions about b/c

What is b/c the abbreviation of?
B/c is the abbreviation of backward compatibility.

Words near b/c in the dictionary

  1. B.Q.
  2. B.S.
  3. B.T.A.
  4. B.V.M.
  5. b/a
  6. b/c
  7. b/d
  8. B/E
  9. b/f
  10. b/fed
  11. b/fing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: b/c (page history and authors); backward compatibility (page history and authors); because (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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